(and no, i don't want to have to download other apps, tweak this and that to achieve the desired outcome. It should be standard)
The app permissions system on Android is all or nothing. Which I think would benefit from a more rigorous approval process. All the access is disclosed though before install.
Glad the world has options.
Personally I prefer them not doing anything like that, though, because I'd like them to stay out of this vicious patent war circle. But it's a shame that means the war has to be one-sided. Apple and others can fire at them, but they can't fire back.
Really scary if that's due to patenting though. Does that mean the patent covers all desktop style search as well? Or is "for a square device that fits in a pocket"-type thing?
[ed: Ok, it's not as gone as I thought, it's just slower than it should be (to get hit in eg: contacts). Still I seem to recall you could get hits in eg: emails from k9 before?]
[0] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Quic...
It'll pop up links to apps if you search for their names, and it can just open them directly if you say something like "open app hacker news." There are also a few that integrate with other magic spells for voice search - mostly it's Google apps, but the Spotify app is registered as a provider of music, so I can say "play Radiohead" and the system will open Spotify and start playing.